Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.

The official name of the project is 'Jewish Museum' but I have named it 'Between the Lines' because for me it is about two lines of thinking, organization and relationship. One is a straight line, but broken into many fragments, the other is a tortuous line, but continuing indefinitely.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city

You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the memory, which is so important, and use it as a kind of Archimedean Point to create a lively, incredibly interesting, and culturally significant piece of a city and neighborhood.